but im running into a problem, after about 20 mins the system gets a blue screen with a memory dump error, i have tried removing the ram and booting and all at and even have done the memtest to test the ram but still no luck, u need some of your wisdom. this doesn't happen all the time but in a 24 hours period it has happened 6 times so far need your help lol

Right click my computer and click properties. Click the advanced tab. Click Startup and Recovery. Take the tick out of the box for Automatically restart and click ok. Next time you get the memory dump it won't restart the computer automatically. On that memory dump screen, it will tell you the cause of the memory dump. It can be an error (ie not less than or equal: which can point to memory) or it will list a file, which can indicate a driver issue. If you've already ran memtest and it's passing, there are any number of issues that can cause BSOD's. Write down the error your getting the next time it BSOD's so we can narrow down the possibilities.

You can also check event viewer in Control Panel -> Administrator Tools -> Event Viewer. Look through the logs and see if there's a listing for an event that corresponds with the time that the computer crashed. You often get quite a few errors and warnings during startup so it may not be first in the list. So take note of the time when you BSOD to make it easier to locate the log. If it's a BSOD and if there is a log, it will most likely be in the critical section.

Also what are your temps like? Are you overclocking your computer? When does it happen most often? Is it pretty typical that it's every 20 minutes or is it more random?

no im not overclocking it, its all stock lol. its more random then anything as far as when it crashed and its not passing the memtest now i got to fails last night as i ran the test all night +5 hours or so,and as far as temps go its right on the money bc im not taxing the system just watching a movie lol.

i have been doing some reading and i think its a ram issues bc alot of people had a problem with the ram a got so it will be going back tomorrow

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On Mon 2/6/2012 3:43:54 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\020512-12105-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x7CC40)
Bugcheck code: 0x1A (0x8884, 0xFFFFFA800322E4E0, 0xFFFFFA8003249510, 0x105)
Error: MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This indicates that a severe memory management error occurred.
This might be a case of memory corruption. More often memory corruption happens because of software errors in buggy drivers, not because of faulty RAM modules.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver which cannot be identified at this time.

On Mon 2/6/2012 3:43:54 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\memory.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: aswsnx.sys (aswSnx+0x1C2C4)
Bugcheck code: 0x1A (0x8884, 0xFFFFFA800322E4E0, 0xFFFFFA8003249510, 0x105)
Error: MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\aswsnx.sys
product: avast! Antivirus System
company: AVAST Software
description: avast! Virtualization Driver
Bug check description: This indicates that a severe memory management error occurred.
This might be a case of memory corruption. More often memory corruption happens because of software errors in buggy drivers, not because of faulty RAM modules.
A third party driver was identified as the probable root cause of this system error. It is suggested you look for an update for the following driver: aswsnx.sys (avast! Virtualization Driver, AVAST Software).
Google query: aswsnx.sys AVAST Software MEMORY_MANAGEMENT

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